Assessing the applicability of the Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment questionnaire in Turkish older adult population: a validation study.

OBJECTIVES

To validate the Turkish versions of the Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA-5 and MSRA-7) questionnaires among older adults.

METHODS

In this cross-sectional study of 267 participants (aged 65-89 years), MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 were translated and culturally adapted. Reliability was evaluated by Cronbach's α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Diagnostic accuracy was assessed against national and international sarcopenia criteria using ROC analysis.

RESULTS

Cronbach's α was 0.65; ICC for MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 were 0.86 and 0.73, respectively. AUC values were 0.78 (MSRA-5) and 0.74 (MSRA-7) with optimal cut-offs ≤45 and ≤30 (p < 0.001). Sensitivity and NPV for Turkish BMI criterion were 79.7% and 98.8%.

CONCLUSION

The Turkish MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity as preliminary screening tools for sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults.